1991: Accepted to Yale Law School for matriculation, but requested and was granted a year deferment

Summer 1991: Moved to New York City to "take a year off" - Chose to pursue a life in music and never attended law school

November 1991: Won first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition

Summer 1991 - Spring 1993: Toured and recorded extensively as a sideman

1993: Released first two records on Warner Bros - The Grammy-nominated Joshua Redman released in the Spring; Wish, featuring Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden and Billie Higgins released in the Fall

1994 on: Toured extensively as a band leader

1994 - 2002: Released a total of seven records on Warner Bros. - Moodswing, Spirit of the Moment: Live at the Village Vanguard, Freedom in the Groove, Timeless Tales (for Changing Times), Beyond, Passage of Time and Elastic

2000: Became Artistic Director of the SFJAZZ Spring Season, a position held for seven years

2004: With SFJAZZ, conceived and organized the SFJAZZ Collective (a composer's "workshop" band dedicated to new music)

2004 - 2007: Served as Artistic Director of the SFJAZZ Collective

2005: Released first record on Nonesuch Records, the Grammy-nominated Momentum

Appeared in the Robert Altman film Kansas City, wrote the original soundtrack to Louis Malle's last film, Vanya on 42nd Street, and played on the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood films Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Space Cowboys